West — Site filing

Sites with a file in Arizona

Arizona carries 39 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

39 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsPhantom Ranch — deepest file

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Phantom Ranch

Grand Canyon, Arizona

The bottom of the Canyon—the 1922 ranch reachable only by trail.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Yuma Crossing

The Colorado’s ford—where the emigrants and the prisoners crossed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome State Historic Park

Jerome, Arizona

The mansion on the hill—the Douglas family’s view of the mine.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Jerome sliding jail

Jerome, Arizona

The jail that slid downhill—still where it landed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tubac Presidio

Arizona’s first European settlement—1752, the presidio remains.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Tumacácori

Tumacacori, Arizona

The mission the Apaches emptied—the church still stands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Empire Ranch

Sonoita, Arizona

The 1871 ranch—the adobe headquarters in the grasslands.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kentucky Camp

Sonoita, Arizona

The 1904 gold camp—the adobe buildings in the Santa Ritas.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hopi Mesas

Kykotsmovi, Arizona

The three mesas—Old Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited place in the U.S.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Canyon de Chelly

Chinle, Arizona

The canyon the Navajo never left—Spider Rock and the Long Walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hubbell Trading Post

Ganado, Arizona

The 1878 trading post—still operating on the reservation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lost Dutchman Mine

Apache Junction, Arizona

The Superstitions’ lost gold—where the Dutchman’s ghost guards the shaft.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hi Jolly tomb

Quartzsite, Arizona

The camel driver’s pyramid—1856, the Army’s camel experiment.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bisbee massacre site

Bisbee, Arizona

December 8, 1883—the five innocents hanged for the robbery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Bisbee deportation site

Bisbee, Arizona

July 12, 1917—the 1,300 miners deported into the desert.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Apache Pass

The pass where the Bascom Affair lit the wars.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cochise Stronghold

Pearce, Arizona

The Dragoon refuge—where Cochise is buried somewhere.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Skeleton Canyon

Douglas, Arizona

September 4, 1886—Geronimo’s last surrender, in the canyon of bones.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Slaughter Ranch

Douglas, Arizona

The "last of the gunfighters" ranch—on the border.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Casa Grande Ruins

Coolidge, Arizona

The "Great House"—the Hohokam’s four-story mystery.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pleasant Valley War site

1882-92—the Grahams and the Tewksburys killed each other off.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tom Mix memorial

Florence, Arizona

October 12, 1940—the cowboy star’s last ride.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gila River internment site

Sacaton, Arizona

The desert camp where 13,000 Japanese Americans were held.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Painted Rock petroglyphs

Gila Bend, Arizona

The boulder field where the Hohokam carved the rocks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wupatki

Flagstaff, Arizona

The pueblos the volcano fed—Sunset Crater’s survivors.

Walnut Canyon

Flagstaff, Arizona

The cliff dwellings in the canyon—the Island Trail.

Montezuma Castle

Camp Verde, Arizona

The five-story cliff palace—misnamed for the emperor.

Tuzigoot

Clarkdale, Arizona

The hilltop pueblo over the Verde—110 rooms.

Hopi House

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona

The 1905 pueblo-style building—Colter’s first canyon work.

Hackberry General Store

Hackberry, Arizona

The 1934 store—the Route 66 roadside shrine.

Supai / Havasu

The village at the canyon’s bottom—mail by mule.

Lavender Pit

Bisbee, Arizona

The open pit that ate the town—1974, the lavender hole.

Guevavi

Nogales, Arizona

The 1691 mission—Kino’s first, now ruins.

Calabasas

Rio Rico, Arizona

The mission and the fort—the site that moved south.

Besh-Ba-Gowah

The Salado pueblo in downtown Globe—700 rooms.

Tonto National Monument

Roosevelt, Arizona

The Salado cliff dwellings above the lake.

Rivers ostrich ranch site

Maricopa, Arizona

The ostrich farms that fed the hat trade—1915-1929.

Biosphere 2

Oracle, Arizona

The sealed world that failed—1991, still running.

Poston

Poston, Arizona

The Colorado River camp—18,000 on the reservation.

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